Linus Torvalds confirmed the decision to remove maintainers from the Russian Federation.
Linus Torvalds joined the discussion about the removal of developers associated with the Russian Federation from the list of Linux kernel maintainers. He refused to reverse the change, stated that compliance requirements are not limited to the USA, confirmed that sanctions against the Russian Federation are the reason, and wrote that the hysteria from the random anonymous participants in the discussion would change nothing. He also noted the necessity of blocking him and others […]
